Re: How to redefine keys?

[Matt N. Jones]

Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> writes:

> An alternative approach - putting this in your .gnus will make Gnus
> check whether you _really_ want to send an e-mail in reply instead of
> following up
>
> ;; prompt for mail replies to newsgroups!!!!!
> (defadvice gnus-summary-reply (around reply-in-news activate)
>    (interactive)
>    (when (or (not (gnus-news-group-p gnus-newsgroup-name))
>              (y-or-n-p "REALLY reply with a personal mail? "))
>      ad-do-it))

That's fantastic. I've been having exactly the same problem. I've lost
count of the number of times I've accidentally replied with a personal email
when I should have followed up to a newsgroup. 

Thanks very much.

Matt